• What happens when tenant dies?

Matter is pending in Rent Tribunal kota rajasthan since feb 2016, we as landlords wanted our commercial shop cum showroom to be vacant. There is no written agreement between both the parties, we as landlords have filed evection on the basis of personal requirements, but now the tenant has died. Now if go according to supreme courts new judgement it says tenancy ends after the death of the tenant and his legal representatives cannot continue the tenancy. 

Our lawyer says that we should allow legal representatives to become tenants and fight case normally based upon our personal necessity because if we put emphasis on supreme court judgement then those legal representatives will be declared as trespasser and rent Tribunal cannot evict them . We have go to civil court from fresh to evict the trespasser. 

The other opinions says the reverse, they say that let the rent Tribunal declare them as trespasser and rent triBunal himself is self sufficient to evict them, there is no need to bring fresh case in civil courts. 

Kindly give your opinions along with any case studies if available.
Asked 8 years ago in Property Law
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in aforesaid case cited by you courts below had already taken a view that there is no subsisting tenancy between the appellants and the respondent, hence SC held that we cannot deny the legitimate right of the landlord or his successor to the possession of these premises

2) The Supreme court said the primary issue was whether the son could be deemed a tenant. Once it was found that the respondent was not a tenant, he had no right to challenge the landlord’s ownership as the latter was already armed with a decree of eviction against the original tenant.

3) in your case there is no finding by rent tribunal that deceased was not a tenant .

4) his legal heirs would be deemed tenants

5) you should make the legal representatives parties to suit proceedings and fight case on grounds of personal necessity

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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1) in case rent Tribunal holds that tenancy has lapsed after death of tenant his legal representative would be regarded as trespasser

2) you have to file civil suit for eviction of trespasser

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Since you filed the case you need to implead the legal heirs of deceased and bring the case to an end

Other wise you may not get any relief for ever

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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If the tenancy stands terminated upon death of tenant then the court will dismiss the case because the original relief was not against the legal heirs.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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